It's finally autumn and I'd like to share my Best & Easiest Apple Galette Recipe just for you.
What is Apple Galette? Well right now I can tell you what it isn't. This is NOT an Apple pie, even if it does 1, contain the best apples 2, apple slices are prepared as an apple filling and 3, is the perfect fall dessert.
No, it's easier to make than an apple pie and we're even making homemade pie dough too. Yay!
Welcome to the EASIEST Apple Galette recipe.
My rustic easy apple galette recipe takes less time to prepare than a pie recipe and works no matter what apple variety you decide to use...although I would use a tart apple variety. But with its homemade pie crust, you get the sense that this easy apple galette recipe took a lot longer than it actually did, so it's perfect for eating outside during an early autumn picnic or saving it for the first Sunday roast of the season. And did I mention we're making our own crust?!
This was inspired by my Apple Crisp Breakfast muffins, also on this site. So do take a look at those if you're starting to crave some Autumnal scenes in your kitchen...but not until you've made my easy Apple Galette recipe!
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Ingredients
- Plain / All Purpose Flour
- Icing Sugar
- Pinch of salt
- Chilled unsalted butter
- Ice water
- Cooking apples (Bramley, Granny Smith apples or any tart apple. Pink Lady apple variety would qualify as sweet)
- Golden Caster Sugar (or any course brown sugar)
- Spices (cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg work well or use my Pumpkin Spice recipe)
- 1 Egg, whisked
See recipe card for quantities and method.
Instructions
Ok, let's get on with the task of making this utterly delicious and simple apple galette.
- Sift all the dry ingredients for the best pastry
- Ensure you chill the dough sufficiently or your galette won't work
- Don't slice your apples too thickly or they won't bake nicely and will still be crunchy.
- Encase securely the apples in the pastry. It won't be neat but that's why this is a rustic Galette.
Hint: This easy apple galette recipe looks harder to make than it is and I love that about it. It's also tremendously versatile and looks beautiful on a table or on top of a picnic basket in the Autumn sun.
Substitutions
Try these delicious fillings when making your next Galette ...
- Pear & Blackberry - oh my goodness, this is an autumnal combination made in heaven
- Roasted Mediterranean Vegetables - roast your veggies until soft but not mushy in the oven in olive oil and herbs before placing them in the pastry. Divine!
- Cherries - I'm biased but I love cherries. Macerate them first in sugar and almond extract for a truly exceptional galette.
- Puff Pastry - use shop bought- puff pastry for a deliciously light version of this galette
Even if your reader doesn't follow a specific diet (eg. gluten free), they may have friends or family that they're cooking for that could use this. This is also a great idea to link out to another blogger with a similar recipe that fits a different diet.
Variations on my Easy Apple Galette recipe
Other ways to serve next time -
- You can make the pastry from puff pastry and it's still just as delicious.
- You could add vanilla extract, lemon juice or lemon zest to the apples and it would also taste just as good.
- Before baking you could add pieces of butter to the top of the apples, but I truly don't think it is necessary as this is already a delicious dessert.
Equipment
- Plastic wrap
- Parchment paper
- Large bowl
- Small bowl
- Pastry cutter
- Food processor
- Rolling pin
- Wooden or metal spoon
- Sheet pan or baking tray
- Pastry brush
Storing
Make the apple mixture the day before and keep air-tight and refrigerated.
After baking, allow to cool and keep airtight in the fridge for up to three days.
If you like Autumn Bakes then try these...
FAQ
A Galette is an open-faced pie and, in my humble opinion, the queen of apple desserts. Also described as a free-form pie it literally translates as a flat cake. You'll love making my easy Apple Galette recipe and I'd love to hear from you when you make it.
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Easiest Apple Galette Recipe
- Prep Time: 30 mins plus chilling
- Cook Time: 30
- Total Time: 0 hours
- Yield: 6-8 1x
- Category: Puddings
Ingredients
- 200g of plain/all-purpose flour
- 30g of icing sugar
- pinch of salt
- 120g of cubed chilled unsalted butter
- iced cold water
- 500g of cooking apples
- 2 tablespoons of golden caster sugar
- Tbsp combined of cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg or use my Pumpkin Spice recipe
- 1 egg
- A sprinkling of coarse brown sugar for the crust
- Dusting of icing sugar
- Serve with custard, ice-cream or pouring cream
Instructions
- Sift 200g of plain/all-purpose flour into a bowl.
- In the same bowl sift 30g of icing sugar
- Add a pinch of salt.
- Add 120g of cubed chilled unsalted butter (make sure it's cold butter)
- Using a pastry cutter or a food processor mix until you have rough/large breadcrumbs.
- To the pastry mixture add a tablespoon at a time of iced cold water until you are able to mix it all together, using a wooden or metal spoon, to form a ball of dough.
- Wrap your pastry ball in plastic wrap so it's airtight and chill in the fridge for at least an hour.
- Peel and slice 500g of cooking apples and add to a bowl.
- Sprinkle 2 tablespoons of golden caster sugar over the apple slices and then sprinkle a tablespooan, in total, of your chosen spices.
- Give the apples a really good stir so that the sugar and spices are coating the apples and set the bowl to one side so that the sugar and spices are absorbed by the apples and they start to macerte.
- When the dough has been chilling in the fridge for at least an hour transferdough on to a floured baking tray (you don't need a pie pan for this recipe) making sure it is a lightly floured surface.
- Roll into a round shape. This can be quite rough, it doesn't have to be perfectly round.
- Place the apple slices into the middle of the pastry. I like to lay them out on top of each other in a nice pattern in the center of the dough but make sure it's a fairly even layer.
- Once the apple mixture is in place spoon the juice from the apples, with all of the sugar and spices, eon to the apples.
- Leaving a 2-inch border around the edge of the pastry dough so that you can pull the edges of the galette dough up and around the galette.
- It's essential that you now put the galette back into the fridge to chill for at least an hour. If you were to put it straight into the oven it would spread all over the prepared baking sheet.
- Once the galette has completely chilled heat your oven to 180c.
- Whilst your oven is heating up, whisk 1 egg and brush the egg mixture all over the galette crust, ensuring you don't miss the edges of the dough.
- Sprinkle coarse sugar (or any brown sugar) all over the top of the egg. Don't scrimp on this part, we want a lot of sugar sprinkled on top of the dough to give us a gorgeous, flaky crust.
- Bake in the oven for approximately 30 mins and until the pastry is golden brown and the bottom crust is baked through.
- Dust the top of the pastry with icing sugar which is such a great way of making it look even more special without making any real extra effort. This works especially well if the galette is a gift.
- Transfer to a cake stand or a pie plate and serve with custard, ice-cream or pouring cream.
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